The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-11-18

S su,Heienly 70 Permit Of the Jacks Fam
ETH ~, : ~. anu ses out for the shanles
snow was packed hard and they hi 4 r.
tie difficulty in gaining the site tbe
cabins. Then their fears were ccnf, Nod
Beth had disappeared, and no h.
sound broke the solemn stiffness. ~,
had some difficulty too, in locatirt ~. ~,
exact spots where the cabins had ~ ~
This they at length did, howevI -.
the aid of the torn aud twisted H. =!
These, they saw, had brVken the fo-sSes..
the slide, and DETECTED itas well. ~.
the main shoot had turned aud sa go,
directly over the lower cabin. The - -
one, inhabited by the Trouts, ha p a.,
covered but a few feet from thyt ~,
side-pressure OF the mass. 90
After they had determined thea,
ton, Sam paused, and leaning o. the
shovel which he had brought up. IA
with generous self-restraint, /" w
Jimmy, we amt got but one Sd vel
Which shanty shall we 60 at firsti'' -
Lets draw straws, replied jim,
after moments indecision. ~
"All right; you fix EN-
Jimmy stopped, and taking two, ee.
dies from a broken pine bough a, his
feet, turned his back.
''Short Is our shanty, long is I'd -
Draw, Sam, y he said, as he faced al MT
Each knew the minutes now 80
fraught with life or death to Their =,
prisoned fathers. Jimmy's big III
trembled as he held the fateful ne H.
pressed between thumb and finger. sn,s
lean, brown one never quivered IL
reached and drew-the short one.
'sYour shanty,n he said, with. ~
breath, and flung off his coat. ~1,llsstss
first shift We'd better rupG--sss =.
thar
Taking short runs, after couple of
hours rapid work, they heard muifled
cry from within. Then the door was
soon reached, forced open, and there, to
their great JOY, each saw his father.
To the anxious boys the faces of the
fathers looked white and CHASTITY from
their confinement in the sitting place,
but the fresh air soon revived them. The
old man Trail, struggling to his feet was
the first to speak.
s'We might er knowed, Uncle Jimmy"
he said, "that the boys was bound to git
US out"
"Old man. Uncle Jimmy replied, too
much impressed by recent events to think
of aught else, "this slide has settled it fur
me. S'pose we cut the claim in the mid
die and tof1 -alra r,cf cha,,.o2f,
I was jest thinkin',n said the old
man, with due deliberation, ''this here
thing of drivin' in two tunnels side
and side is kinder foolishness. If we'd
on one we'd strike pay rock
all the quicker
That's fact, pardner, and we can
call it the Last Chance Uncle Jimmy
with self-denying alacrity, for
the christening of his find is matter of
to the prospector's heart, and
that of the Blue Bird had been evolved
only after long and labored thought
81 was thin1in'," the old man replied,
with the same thoughtful slowness-.'ef
it's all the same to you, pardnerfof con-
solidatin' the names likewise into The
Blue Birds Last Chance, and So a-lettin'
IF Silver Mountin know this here thing
me and you and Jimmy and Sam
IS done settled. now and fur good"
As the old man concluded he extended
his hand TO Uncle Jimmy. The shake
hat sealed the compact then went round.
And so, despite the torn trees and drifted
devastation, the sun set in peace on Silver
Mountain. Youths Companion.